The film feels like an artifact of a more optimistic feminist moment.

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The film feels like an artifact of a more optimistic feminist moment.

Gisèle Pelicot has opened up a conversation about sexual violence in a country where a serious reckoning was well overdue.

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Gisèle Pelicot has opened up a conversation about sexual violence in a country where a serious reckoning was well overdue.

Dozens of men who abused Gisèle Pelicot were convicted, including the man who invited them to do so: her husband of 50 years. She wanted the public trial to show rape victims they were not alone.

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Dozens of men who abused Gisèle Pelicot were convicted, including the man who invited them to do so: her husband of 50 years. She wanted the public trial to show rape victims they were not alone.

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Girls would be less dispirited if more of them felt their intrinsic power.

Readers respond to an essay by Daniela J. Lamas. Also: Andy Griffith’s Mayberry today; Donald Trump’s loyalty test; never an exile; choosing charities.

Inspired by the movement for women’s rights in Iran, Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown to start her own resistance.

Inspired by the movement for women’s rights in Iran, Elahe Esmaili returns to her hometown to start her own resistance.

Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.